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WFAA alleges summer 7-on-7 coaching

Dallas' WFAA News 8 videotaped Southlake Carroll 7-on-7 events whiling following quarterback Daxx Garman, who was ruled ineligible last week. WFAA's Brett Shipp believes he has discovered both Southlake Carroll and Euless Trinity breaking the rules on coaching...

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FB: 40-game losing streak over

Ingam Moore coach Jeff Kowalski looked at his offense, filled with teary-eyed players trying so hard to hold back their emotions, and said the one word that they’ve been chasing for four years.

The drought was over. The crying began.  At 40 consecutive...

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FB: Carroll QB ruled ineligible

The District 7-5A executive committee ruled Southlake Carroll senior quarterback Daxx Garman ineligible before he ever played a down. Garman's Oklahoma City-based family attorney Scott Adams said the family plans to appeal the decision. Read More...

Fasting, Football co-exist during Ramadan

It's 5:30 p.m. on the seventh day of Ramadan. Irving MacArthur's Shahzeb Khan and Mohammed Mohammed don red jerseys and white helmets and run drills as the starting quarterback and backup wide receiver at football practice. Their most recent meal came about 13...

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FB: Farming accident doesn't stop Harper QB

For Harper senior quarterback Jake Whitten, just being able to run onto the football field for the first game against Mason will be an accomplishment. While clearing brush during the spring with several teammates on a ranch near Brady, Whitten had his leg nearly...

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FB: Quisenberry coaches square off

Zach Quisenberry’s phone has been strangely silent the past two weeks.  For the first time since he started coaching at Odessa Permian, Quisenberry hasn’t heard from his father, in the days leading up to the game. Permian opens its 2010 season at 7:30 p.m....

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Volleyball

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McCutchen coaching translate on VB court

If anyone doubts that successful coaching is largely a study in psychology, a quick look at Bronte volleyball coach Keith McCutchen may change their mind.  McCutchen, who helped Bronte earn its 12th trip to the state tournament last year in his first season as...

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VB: Coppell product takes over Brownwood program

On the surface, the move may have seemed questionable. Veteran Brownwood volleyball coach Mary Steed had retired following the 2009 season, leaving in her wake a program that had notched seven playoff appearances in eight years — including six in a row — and...

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VB: Lewisville Hebron senior players in Youth Olympic Games

  Lewisville Hebron senior middle blocker Olivia Okoro is on the the U.S. Youth Olympic Team that will compete in the first Youth Olympic Games from Saturday-Aug. 26 in Singapore. But, for Okoro, hitting a volleyball hasn't always been so effortless. Read More...

Cross Country

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CC: State's best slowed by injury, illness

In four weeks, if her injury continues to heal, Dallas Greenhill's Chelsey Sveinsson wants to run again. She believes that a successful senior year in cross country is still a possibility. The feeling is shared by Lewisville Marcus' Craig Lutz, his summer training...

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CC: Boerne Champion keeps expectations high

Despite losing all but two runners from last year’s push to a second straight Class 4A championship, along with a Nike national title, Boerne Champion still has hopes of another banner season. The Chargers may not have the dominant appearance they had the previous...

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CC: Coaching changes at NEISD

Northeast ISD has shuffled its girls cross country coaches, San Antonio Reagan, San Antonio, Johnson, San Antonio Roosevelt, San Antonio Churchill and San Antonio Jefferson have new coaches. Read More...

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Killeen ISD enforces 200-mile travel radius

The Killeen Harker Heights volleyball team took last...

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TASO suit dismissed, but not over?

The legal battle between the Texas Association of Sports...

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Corsicana names interim AD

Bo Jones was named as Corsicana ISD’s interim Athletic...

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POST-SEASON HONOR TEAMS

Hometownsportsnews.net is your source for post-season honor teams. Check out our list of All-District, All-Region and All-State teams in volleyball, football, basketball, soccer, softball and baseball.

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